Towel-cabinet.



G. A. STEINER.

TOWEL CABINET.

APPLICATION FlLED MAR. I8. 1918,

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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GEORGE A. STEINER, 0F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN LINEN SUPPLY 00., OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION.

TOWEL-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1c, 1918.

Application filed. March 18, 1918. Serial No. 223,211.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. STEINER, a citizen of the United States, resident of Salt Lake City, county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification;

The object of my invention is to provide a towel cabinet and a means fOr holding a bundle of towels therein which will allow the full wiping surface of the towel to be used conveniently and the soiled towel, when released, received in a suitable receptacle in the lower part of the cabinet.

A further object is to provide a holder in connection with a cabinet of this kind which will. allow the clean towels to be grouped together in a bundle at the laundry, secured by a suitable holding means, carried to the cabinet and placed therein and held together until the last towel has been used. Then the soiled bundle may be removed from the cabinet and a clean lot substituted therefor. The end to be attained, besides the convenience in handling the towels, when grouped in a bundle, is, of course, to prevent as far as possible the loss of towels through pilfering.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a towel cabinet with my invention applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a detail view, showing the tapes on the towels and the means for stringing them together to prevent separation and loss of the towels,

Fig. 3 is a modified construction, in which the ta es are provided with shorter loops At the forward edge of the shelf I prefer to provide an upright ledge 4 which serves to hold the towels in place on the shelf, an openmg 5 being formed between the end of this ledge and the adjacent upright wall of the cabinet. The towels 6, when placed upon the shelf. have one corner opposite and near the opening 5 and this corner is provided with a comparatively long loop 7, made preferably of a suitable size of tape secured at its ends to the corner of the towel and extending out a suitable distance therefrom. The corner of the shelf 3 is preferably provided with a recess 8 and when the towels are placed on the shelf the bunch or bundle of tapes at the corners thereof will hang down through the recess 8 into the space below the shelf in the cabinet and lnto this space, which I may designate as the so1led towel receptacle 9, the towels are dropped after being used. such as a wire or rodof suitable gage made preferably in the form of a ring, which at the laundry is threaded through the loops 7 of a suitable number of towels and the ends of the ring or stringer are joined and secured together by a locking device, such as a seal 11. This work is all done at the laundry before the towels are taken out. Upon reaching the cabinet, the bundle of towels 1s laid flat upon the shelf, with the loops 7 hanging down through the recess 8 beneath the shelf. The loops are of sufficient length- 10 is a means,'

towels hanging on the loops in the receptacle beneath and as the towels accumulate in this receptacleand it becomes partially filled with them, the pull on the loops will be relieved and the towels may be used one at a time to the bottom without danger of the wei ht of the soiled towels pulling the clean 'ones off the shelf. When the last clean towel has been used the shelf will be clear and ready for a clean bundle, while those in the receptacle beneath will be strung together, ready to be returned to the laundry.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a slight modification, which consists in providing a tape 12 with a comparatively short loop 13 aemev thereon to receive a stringer 14 that is threaded through the-loops and has its free ends securedtogether by a suitable lock 15. The towels with this form of loop will be mounted in substantially the same manner as described and be delivered and collected by the laundry in bundles of suitable size for the cabinet in which. they are used.

I claim as my invention:

1. A towel support having a surface whereon the clean towels are placed in a bundle, one upon the other, each towel having a comparatively long tape formed in a loop thereon, said tapes being bunched together when the towels are assembled in a bundle, a ring threaded through said loops for holding the towels against accidental separation, the ends of said ring being secured together for transport with the clean towels from the laundry to the support and for transport with the soiled towels from the support to the laundry, said tapes permitting freedom of use of each towel and its entire wiping surface.

A towel support having a surface whereon the clean towels are placed in a bundle, one upon the other, each towel having a comparatively long tape formed in a loop thereon, said tapes being bunched together when the towels are assembled in a bundle, flexible means threaded through said loops for holding the towels against accidental separation, the ends of said flexible means being secured together for transport with the clean towels from the laundry to the support and for transport with the soiled towels from the support to the laundry, said tapes permitting freedom of use of each towel and its entire wiping surface.

3. A towel cabinet having a shelf therein whereon the clean towels are placed in a bundle, one upon the other, said cabinet having a space beneath said shelf forming a soiled towel receptacle, each towel having a comparatively long tape thereon to depend below said shelf when the towels are laid thereon, a ring-like means for stringing said tapes together for holding them against accidental separation and for transport with the clean towels from the laundry to the cabinet and, for transport withthe soiled towels from the cabinet to the laundry, said tapes allowing each towel to be removed from the shelf and held in front of the cabinet with freedom of use of the entire wiping surface of the towel.

4. A towel cabinet having a shelf in the upper portion thereof whereon a bundle of clean towels placed one upon another is laid, said shelf having an upwardly projecting ledge and a recess in its edge between said ledge and the wall of the cabinet, each of said towels having a comparatively long tape with a loop formed therein, said tapes being bunched together when the towels are formed in a bundle, and depending through the recess in said shelf, means whereon said tapes are strung for holding them and said towels together allowing each towel to be lifted and used and dropped into the cabinet beneath said shelf, said means having a looking device for securing its ends together and holding said tapes against separation for transport with the clean towels from the laundry to the cabinet and with the soiled towels from the cabinet to the laundry.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 5 day of March 1918.

GEORGE A. STEINER. 

